THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH shall consist of Ordinary and 
Honorary Fellows. 
Il. 
Every Ordinary Fellow, within three months after his election, shall pay Five 
Guineas as fees of admission, and Three Guineas as his contribution for the Ses- 
sion in which he has been elected; and annually at the commencement of every 
Session, Three Guineas into the hands of the Treasurer.* 
Ui. 
All Fellows who shall have paid Twenty-five years’ annual contribution shall 
be exempt from farther payment. 
IV. 
The fees of admission of an Ordinary Non-Resident Fellow shall be £26, 5s., 
payable on his admission; and in case of any Non-Resident Fellow coming to 
reside at any time in Scotland, he shall, during each year of his residence, pay 
the usual annual contribution of £3, 3s., payable by each Resident Fellow: but 
after payment of such annual contribution for eight years, he shall be exempt 
from any farther payment. 
V. 
Members failing to pay their contribution for three successive years (due ap- 
plication having been made to them by the Treasurer) shall be reported to the 
Council, and, if they see fit, shall be declared from that period to be no longer 
Fellows, and the legal means for recovering such arrears shall be employed. 
VI. 
None but Ordinary Fellows shall bear any office in the Society. or vote in the 
choice of Fellows or Office-Bearers, or interfere in the patrimonial interests of the 
‘Society. 
* A modification of this rule, in certain cases, was agreed to 3d January 1831. 
